Corals of the region - the Red Sea and the Persian/Arabian Gulf - provide a model for adaptation to extreme environment. Have a read how coral reef research efforts in the region​ use these organisms to tackle questions on climate change induced problems for corals worldwide.​

Nature Middle East reports on our recent finding of Deep Sea corals in the unusual warm depth of the Red Sea. Stop and have a read why this finding may give hope for ccorals facing climate change.

Together with Greta Aeby from the University Hawaii we have started a coral disease survey in the Red Sea

In our latest publication the ReFuGe 2020 Consortium outlines a genomics framework to assess adaptability and resilience of coral holobionts.​

​KAUST is featuring our Aiptasia story. Have a look!​​​

We assessed the transcriptomic response of Orbicella faveolata collected at reef sites off Puerto Rico​ to White Plague disease.

Assessing the symbiosis between coral host and algal symbiont in corals is difficult. The small sea anemone Aiptasia provides an experimentally tractable model system to elucidate the molecular and cellular biology underlying the symbiosis and its susceptibility or resilience to stress.

Check out our video explaining the latest publication from Rädecker et al.

Check out the cover story and picture in the latest issue of Trends in Microbiology!

Choosing a partner in non-ideal environments - different startegies in the host-symbiont association influences Red Sea corals ability to adapt to niche habitats. ​

Wanna see sharks and whales together in one dive? Maybe you are lucky in the Red Sea.​

The current Mideast Coral Reef Society newsletter (July 2015) is featuring some of our research. Check it out :)

Our collaborators from the Oregon State University published a fascinating article about coral reefs, their struggle caused by anthropogenic activities, and the scientific work in this beautiful environment.

We welcome Shobhit, Franscesca, and Lojain in our lab

We welcome Hanover and Danielle in our lab

We published a new open access paper on bicarbonate transporter in corals. Check it out!

Our new paper on microbiome structure of the fungid coral Ctenactis echinata in relation to their environmental settings has been published

Claudia wrote and published an article about her work at KAUST. Check it out :)

HIV research featured in the KAUST beacon​​

We are proud to announce that Aubrie defended her PhD! Congrats!